Sailing Alone Around the World Paperback - 1999
by Joshua Slocum; Introduction by Thomas Philbrick
Summary
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.
Joshua Slocum’s autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable and entertaining travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world’s great circumnavigators Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for its courage, skill, and determination.
Sailing Alone around the World recounts Slocum’s wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flying fish for breakfast in the Pacific; and a hilarious visit with fellow explorer Henry Stanley in South Africa. A century later, Slocum’s incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.
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- Title Sailing Alone Around the World
- Author Joshua Slocum; Introduction by Thomas Philbrick
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 1999-06-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Maps
- ISBN 9780140437362 / 0140437363
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.7 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Library of Congress subjects Voyages around the world
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98048588
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.41
Media reviews
Citations
- New York Review of Books, 10/10/2002, Page 4
- New York Times, 08/01/1999, Page 20
- Outside, 07/01/1999, Page 125
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